Shoyama Surname
Approximately 2,070 people bear this surname
Shoyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2,006 | 1:63,731 | 4,696 |
| Brazil | 61 | 1:3,509,415 | 98,831 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shoyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shoyama is found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shoyama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoyama? popularity and diffusion
Shoyama is the 201,417th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 3,520,554 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Shoyama are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
The surname Shoyama is most common in Japan, where it is held by 2,006 people, or 1 in 63,731. In Japan it is most common in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 24 percent reside, Mie Prefecture, where 12 percent reside and Kumamoto Prefecture, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Japan this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shoyama
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